Thread: Metal oil and missfire

Double check there isn't any more water in the dissy. Until it is completely dry water WILL condense on the underside of the cap. Warm up the dissy with a fan heater etc with the cap off for 1 hour.

Did you remove the dizzy? If so is it correctly times on replacement? Are the weights in it free to move? - not a newer petrol motor person myself - do they even have weights? Electronic dizzys do some funny stuff if the chip gets damaged I know that much!

Thanks guys I have removed the dizzy and blew it out with air and contact cleaner its in the right place timed in corectly still have no idea what it is only ignition things left to replace are the whole dizzy and ignition module pops badly at idle as well when cold when warm its fine at idle until you accelarate then it really lacks power and doesnt rev above 4000 rpm any more and the engine is still quite too so no metalic knocking noises to explain the metal in the oil cheers

It really sounds like the ignition is retarded. Have you accidently set the timing After TDC instead of Before? Easy enough to do.

Check each cylinder is firing by shorting each lead at the cap to ground, slide up the boots first. Then do a compression test if any cylinder is not running.